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fire - 2018

Date

Accident

27 October 2018

Fire Accident

On October 27, 2018, at ~3 am, the ship suffered an engine room fire accident near Ustica island, en-route from Palermo (Sicily) to Livorno. The ship was carrying a total of 262 passengers and 85 crew, plus wheeled freight (cars, campers, trailers, motorbikes). The fire left the cruiseferry with 3 operational diesel engines (out of 4). At reduced speed (down to 11 kph / 7 mph) it returned back to Palermo for repairs.